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Table 1. Consonant Phonemes and Orthographic Symbols
Phoneme Allophones and

Orthographic Symbols

Stops

labial

/p/

[p], [p*] p;

tp y ]/^

alveolar

N

M';

[tv]ry

velar

fc]

[k] c, qu;

[k y ] cy

Nasal

labial

/m/

[m], [m w ] m;

[my] my/

[m b ] b;

[m b y] by

alveolar

M

[n] n;

[n] /I;

[n d ]d; ■,.,..

[n dy ] «fy

Fricative/Affricate

alveolar

/s/

[s] ~ [<s] s

alveopalatal

m

[s] ~ [ts] ch

Retroflexed

alveolar

M

[f) r;

[d y ]ry

Glide

labiovelar

M

[w] v;

W V

palatal

lyi

[y]y

pharyngeal

[hi

WJ;

mjy

Table 2. Vowel Phonemes and Orthographic Symbols
HORIZONTAL

+ 1 -1

HEIGHT
+ 1

N i

/u/ u
[u]

m

[U]

[o]

/e/ e

/o/ o

[e]

M

/a/ a

[a]

[*]

Payne, Doris L. and Thomas E. 1986. Yagua. In: Derbyshire, Desmond
and Geoffrey Pullum (eds.) Handbook of Amazonian Languages Vol. II.
Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.